πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.OA.A.3
🚐 Remainder stories
Multi-step story problems, interpreting remainders
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
146 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 4. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
2Sam buys 4 packs of stickers with 7 in each pack, then shares them equally among 4 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
3Zoe shares 105 cards equally among 11 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
4Aiden shares 167 pencils equally among 10 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
5Priya has 165 crayons and puts 8 in each bag. How many bags can Priya fill all the way?
Answer: ______________ bags
6Lily buys 7 packs of stickers with 11 in each pack, then shares them equally among 9 kids. How many stickers does each kid get?
Answer: ______________
7Priya shares 118 pencils equally among 12 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
8Sam shares 34 beads equally among 5 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
9Maya shares 216 beads equally among 11 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
10100 kids going on a trip. Each car holds 6. How many cars are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ cars
11Zoe shares 83 beads equally among 11 friends, giving each friend as many as possible. How many are left over?
Answer: ______________
1242 kids going on a trip. Each boat holds 10. How many boats are needed so everyone fits?
Answer: ______________ boats
Answer key: Remainder stories
- 1. 12 boats
- 2. 7
- 3. 6
- 4. 7
- 5. 20 bags
- 6. 8
- 7. 10
- 8. 4
- 9. 7
- 10. 17 cars
- 11. 6
- 12. 5 boats
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